Bottleholder



June 27, 1950 l L.. LAPOINTE BoTTLEHoLDER Filed Jan. e, 1949 PatentedJune 27, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOTTLEHOLDER LouLapointe, Toronto, ,0ntario Canada ApplicationJanuary 8,1949;;SerialNo..69;889:v

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Myfinyention relatesto.;improvementsin hold.- ing .devicesV fordetachably supporting a; bottle on aA Wall. for, convenience .in,dispens-ing fluid contentsfrom,thebottle fromd time,1 to timefasoccasion demands.

More paratic ularl-ythe invention appertains, to a.. holder for. a.commercial., bottle of protamine zinc insulin'vzhich is commonly usedinlling a hypodermic syringe for: a diabeticpersonrequired to take the.approvedfinsulin treatment. It, is customary for ,al diabeticperson tocarry outl the injectiontreatments and in doingso. therequired dosagemust be introduced into. thehypodermic syringe for. each treatment. The,lling of the syringe is. an, awkward and.- diflcult: operation since itirequiresV thatgthe bottle be invertedly held in one handwhile theotherhandl is ,used to hold the syringe and to force the needle thereofthroughthelrubber cap on the bottle in order to abstract the insulinmaterial. The bottle and the syringe must-be held very steady in orderto avoid-bending orbreaking the needle.

Hence it is the aim of the present inventionto provide a holding devicefor supporting the bottle on a Wall so as to leave the hands free tomanipulate the syringe in order to facilitate the filling operationandtoavoid breaking of the needle.

A.. further .object is .to provide a holder A comprising a bracket and aVbottle case detachably connectedby a .tapered lug fitted/in anapertured elementv bywvhichthebottle is supported in an invertedposition for the charging of a hypodermic syringe. The apertured elementprovides a tapered hole in the bracket in which the tapered lug fitswith binding engagement to hold the case rmly suspended. The tapered lugprojects from a side of the case and an advantage of the construction isthat in grasping the case to remove it after the syringe has been lled,the case affords purchase for forcing the tapered lug out of the hole.

A further object is to supply an ejector device for facilitating thedetachment of the case from the bracket. The ejector device takes theform of a cam lever on the bracket by Which leverage on a cam face isobtained to force the .tapered pin out of the hole. This provides aconvenient arrangement which requires little effort on the part of theuser.

Another feature of the invention is that the case is made up of acylindrical body having a Screw cap at each end, one for engaging thebase of the bottle and the other for engaging the closure thereof. Thescrew cap which engages the-baseofthe-:bottle-is.-fitted with a: gasketof cork Aor-like material and secures the bottle in said bodybyclamping'it against a shoudler portion at the otherl endxthrough.vwhchthe neck of the bottle fprotrudes. The other screw cap islinedwithfa layer orwadof absorbent cotton held inplacebyva ringandrwetted with alcohol to sterilizerthe closure ofthe bottle.

The invention produces aserviceableand convenient holder, which enablesthe bottle to be retained in the-case unti it is, empty, and one which;permits thebottlemo be removed from the bracket alongewith thea-caseafter the lling of any-ringe, and then stored in a refrigerator untilaaa-111' re.quired-ry Theaccompanying drawingillustrates the preferred;embodiment, ofthe invention, in which:

Figlal isasectionalized elevationof the holder showing, a i bottletherein.

Fig.. 2;is a sectionalxview. of the case .with the bottle therein.

Eig.; 3 isa cross xsection taken online 3-3 of Fig- 1.

Fig. 5 lis a detail of asplit lring Which forms a parti-'ofthe,.retainingfmeans for the absorbent cotton.V

Figgis .azdetail of a-keeper ring Which` forms thegother par-t;ofzrthe-.f retaining means for the y absorbentv cotton.

In-.fthedrawing the reference numeral'. Idenotes thevcaseyasa.whole,-.vvhichfcase comprises a cylindrical body 2 receptive toazstandardbottle 3 in which insulin is sealed as by a permanent closure4 including a rubber disc 5 suited to be pierced by the needle 6, Fig.1, of a hypodermic syringe used for treatment of diabetes.

The body 2 is open through its length and one end is reduced to providea shoulder 7 against which the top end of the bottle is seated adjacentto its neck portion. The neck of the bottle protrudes from said body.The bottle is clamped against said shoulder by a screw cap 8 tted on theopposite end of said body. Said screw cap is lined with a disc of corkor comparable material 9 to preclude damage to the bottle.

The exposed top end of the bottle is enclosed by a screw cap l0. Thiscap is tted with a layer or Wad of absorbent cotton which is impregnatedWlith a suitable sterilizing agent, such as alcohol. The absorbentcotton contacts the closure 4 and is held in the cap I0 by means of akeeper ring Il and a split retaining ring l2, the latter being seated ina groove i3. The cap l0 is unscrewed from the body 2 when the bottle isto be used,

which body may be supplied with a slot I4 forming a sight by which thelevel of the contents of the bottle may be seen. A tapered lug I5 isintegrally formed on a side of the body 2 to project outwardly thereof.The lug constitutes a part of the intertting connection by which thecase is detachably secured to the bracket.

. The bracket is generally denoted at I6 and is desirably a truncatedconical member of a hollow construction formed by a chamber l1 open tothe wide or base end I8. A pierced ange I9 is provided on said base endto enable the bracket to be permanently attached to a wall 20, Fig. 1,as by screws or like fastening elements.

The wall portion 2| at the small end of the` bracket is provided with acentral tapered hole 22 which conforms to the taper of the lug l5 and isopen to the chamber I1. A cam lever 23 is loosely fitted in alongitudinal slot 24 in a side wall of the bracket and fulcrumed on apin 25. The cam leveris bent inwardly at its fulcrum to extend acrossthe inner end of the tapered hole 22 and the vent end is fashioned witha cam face 2B for engaging the lug to force it out of the hole when thevlever is pressed inwardly. The cam lever is preferably located at theunder side of the bracket so that it will swing outwardly by gravityaction. A stop piece 21 is formed on the distal end of the cam lever toengage an adjacent wall portion of the bracket in order to limit outwardmovement of the cam lever.

For convenience in using the insulin the bracket may beV fastened on thewall of a bathroom. Thebottle is retained in the case so that it may bekept in a refrigerator when not in use. When' it is required that thehypoderrnic syringe be charged for a treatment the case containing thebottle is removed from the refrigerator and the cap l0 is detached. Thecase is then -attached to the bracket in an inverted position byinserting the lug in the tapered hole and pressing it into rm bindingengagement. Whereupon the syringe can conveniently be filled as requiredby using the bracket as a rest for the hands to steady the needle inpiercing the rubber of the bottle closure. The operation can be'carriedout quickly without the likelihood of damaging the needle.

On lling the syringe the case can be easily detached from the bracket bypressing the cam lever inwardly to cause the cam face-thereof todisengage the lug. The case with the bottle therein canrthen be put backVvin the refrigerator until again required.

opening for wedging engagement therein With'its small end projectingfrom the remote side of said wall portion with respect to said end face,and a cam lever pivoted on said bracket and having a lcam face disposedto swing toward said remote side to engage the small end of said lug sothat saidr cam lever is operative to free said lug 0f its wedgingengagement.

2. A holder' of the class described comprising a chambered bracket of atruncated conical shape, of which the large end forms a base portion forattachment to a wall surface, the small end of said Abracket having awall section which is centrally pierced to provide an inwardly taperedhole open to the chamber, a longitudinal slot provided in aside of saidbracket, a cam lever disposed lengthwise of said slot and having an endwhich is bent to extend inwardly of lsaid chamber adjacent to the innerside of said wall section, said lever being pivoted on said bracket atits bent end, said bent end having a cam face adjacent to said hole, anda case having a tapered lug thereon for detachably engaging in said holeand protruding inwardly of said wall section whereby said lever can beactuated to engage said lug to force it outwardly of said hole.A

3. VA holder as set forth in claim 2, in which the slot is arranged atthe under side of said bracket so that the distal end .of the cam leverwill tend to swing downwardly under the inuence of gravity.

LOU LAPOINTE.

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